A training academy run by pharmaceutical research & development staffing company Clinical Professionals is proof that efforts to help jobseekers into entry-level employment are not confined to those at the lower ends of the labour market.

In the 2015 HOT 100, this category numbers 15 constituents, similar to last year. On aggregate, the sector outstripped the performance of the other HOT 10 categories in growth in sales, gross profit and employee numbers.

Reacting to recent turmoil in the Chinese economy, many companies in the country’s major industries have begun to induce hiring freezes or strict rules for new head counts, signifying a delay in new job creation, ZW HR Consulting general manager Joyce Ying told Recruiter.

All roads led to Rome last week as the global recruitment family converged on the eternal city for the 2015 edition of the Ciett World Employment Conference hosted by Assolavoro, the Italian recruitment federation.

Debate around the use of Big Data focuses too much on technology, while social changes affecting people are being ignored, digital innovation strategist Rahaf Harfoush has told an audience of HR professionals.